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Pict Rail Mldg MSC-101-SEL BULK
PRICING: $1.51 for 100-199 feet • $1.43 for
200-399 feet • $1.35 for 400 or more
feet
Utility
Pict Rail Mldg MSC-101-UTL BULK
PRICING: $.94 for 100-199 feet • $.90 for
200-399 feet • $.85 for 400 or more
feet
Recommended Fasteners #6
Anchor 1 1/2 HWR-187-1.5 BULK
PRICING: $1.76 for 10-19 pkgs • $1.67 for 20
or more pkgs
1/8
Toggle 3 HWR-188 BULK
PRICING: $1.48 for 10-19 pkgs • $1.40 for 20
or more pkgs
1/8
Molly Bolt HWR-193 BULK
PRICING: $1.76 for 10-19 pkgs • $1.67 for 20
or more pkgs
8d
Finish Nail HWR-191 BULK
PRICING: $.48 for 10-19 pkgs • $.45 for 20 or
more pkgs
#6
Trim Screw HWR-190 BULK
PRICING: $.72 for 10-19 pkgs • $.68 for 20 or
more pkgs
#1
Sq Drive Bit MSC-125 BULK
PRICING: $.85 for 6 or more
Concrete
Screw Phillips HWR-189 BULK
PRICING: $1.52 for 10-19 pkgs • $1.44 for 20
or more pkgs
Concrete
Drill Bit MSC-120 BULK
PRICING: $4.50 for 6 or more
ORDERING INFORMATION
Our picture rail moulding is unfinished (raw wood) pine, supplied in 5' and 4' long pieces in order to stay within the UPS oversize package limit and keep shipping costs down. An occasional 3' or shorter piece may be included in order to ship the correct footage. All pieces are solid and free from knots or other major defects. Occasional minor surface imperfections are considered acceptable. We purchase both clear pine and finger-jointed pine moulding (see below). Finger-jointed moulding is made up of shorter pieces of lumber glued together using finger joints. In the lumber business, this type of trim moulding is generally referred to as "paint grade." Clear moulding is a single continuous piece of lumber. Picture rail moulding is 1 3/4" wide (top edge to bottom edge). It is 1/2" thick at the center, flat section where fasteners are used to attach it to the wall. The radius at the top edge where picture rail moulding hooks are placed is 5/16". If you'd like to receive a small 2-3" long chip of our unfinished picture rail moulding by First Class Mail, call or email us for a free sample.
Select Quality vs. Utility Quality We sell two types of picture rail moulding, "Select" and "Utility." The size specifications are identical on both and in fact the moulding for both types originally comes to us as a single product. We inspect each stick of moulding after we take delivery from the lumberyard and separate out our inventory into the two categories. As we supply it to our customers, Utility Quality picture rail moulding may be either finger-jointed or clear pine at our discretion. Select Quality picture rail moulding will be clear pine only. Common reasons for downgrading a stick of picture rail moulding to Utility Quality are excessive bow, twist or warp, short or odd length, and a range of cosmetic flaws such as surface roughness, nicks, small splits and discoloration. Since the enduser can fix these problems at the installation or finishing stage without much difficulty, we offer our Utility Quality picture rail moulding at a price substantially reduced from the Select Quality price. If you are willing to put up with a little bit of extra work at installation in exchange for less cost per foot, consider our Utility Quality. If you want only the cleanest and straightest pieces of moulding and the least fuss at installation, go with our Select Quality. Please refer to the table below for a summary of the general criteria we apply when distinguishing between the two picture rail moulding quality designations.
Special Notes on Picture Rail Moulding Length • In order to be sure to avoid UPS oversize package/additional handling charges, 5' lengths of picture rail moulding are actually supplied at 59" (1" short of 5'). The total footage you receive will always be equal to or slightly exceed the footage ordered. • Picture rail moulding orders under 25' total will usually be shipped in shorter than 5' pieces to prevent shipping damage in transit.
Preparation and Finishing Before installation on the wall, picture rail moulding should first be primed and painted. Kilz or any pigmented shellac primer is a good choice for preparing unfinished pine for painting. Pre-sanding should not be necessary. Unfinished picture rail moulding can also be stained a dark color if extra care is taken to blend in the stain on each stick. Pine does not take stain particularly well and painting is generally a safer bet. With finger-jointed moulding color will vary with each short finger-jointed piece, which makes uniform staining extra difficult. Many people will paint picture rail moulding the same color as the wall it is on; others prefer to see it painted a contrasting trim color.
Installation Picture rail moulding is typically installed about 6" down from the ceiling all around the perimeter of a room. Deviations from this convention can be made if your ceilings are unusually high or low. The moulding should be nailed to the wall studs wherever possible. Failing that, use screws and wall anchors. Fill all nail and screw holes before applying a final coat of paint on the installed moulding. In most rooms, the line where the ceiling meets the wall is usually not perfectly straight or level. Keep this in mind when installing picture rail moulding. It is usually better to make whatever compensating adjustments are necessary by eye rather than blindly following a level line or a specific measurement down from the ceiling line. When joining two pieces of picture rail moulding together it is best to use a 45° scarf joint (see photo below). Where two pieces meet at an inside corner, use a "coped joint" for a tight fit (a Google search on this term will yield good explanations and instructions).
Recommended Fasteners You can purchase fasteners from us to attach picture rail moulding or buy them elsewhere if you prefer. The composition of your walls, placement and type of studs, weight of objects to be hung and other factors will determine which fastener or combination of fasteners is best for your particular application. Feel free to call or email us if you need advice on this. Fasteners should penetrate the picture rail moulding at the center, flat area of the moulding. The moulding is a little less than 1/2" thick at this fastener position. Metal Screw-In Anchor (HWR-187-1.5) - A strong, very easy to use fastener, designed for drywall. Requires only a phillips screwdriver to install in the wall. The screw can be removed from the anchor and reinserted as often as required. Anchors can be removed from the wall in seconds. Toggle Bolt (HWR-188) - A very strong fastener for drywall or plaster-on-lathe. Requires a fairly large hole to be drilled in the wall. Once installed, the bolt can be loosened but not fully removed without causing the toggle section to fall and be lost behind the wall. Molly Bolt (HWR-193) - Another very strong fastener for hollow walls. Molly bolts are available in different size ranges for various wall thicknesses--this one is the correct size for attaching picture rail moulding to 1/2" to 5/8" drywall. After installation in the wall, the bolt portion of the Molly can be fully removed and reattached as often as required. Finish Nail (HWR-191) - Nails are a simple, very inexpensive way to attach picture rail moulding to the wooden studs behind drywall walls. Drilling pilot holes in the moulding is recommended to avoid splitting the wood. Nails must penetrate into the wall studs to be effective. Trim Screw (HWR-190) - Stronger and easier to remove than nails when used to attach picture rail moulding to wall studs, our 2 1/4" trim screw has a small square-drive head that requires a special but readily available drive bit. You can purchase the correct bit from us here if you wish. Concrete Screw (HWR-189) - The best choice for attaching picture rail moulding to concrete or concrete block walls. A 1/4" diameter countersunk hole must be made in the moulding for each screw. Also requires a special drill bit for the screw holes in the wall, available from us here if you don't already have one.
Please Note • Be sure to allow for joints and a waste factor when you estimate the picture rail moulding footage you will need for your job. Length are supplied at ± 1/2" as measured. See special note on 5' lengths above. • If you need specific lengths of moulding for your job, let us know in the Special Instructions/Comments box on the shopping cart checkout form and we will do our best to accommodate. Remember that we cannot ship lengths over 5' long. • Also keep in mind that picture rail moulding orders under 25' total will usually be shipped in shorter than 5' pieces to prevent shipping damage in transit. • Picture rail moulding as we receive it from the lumberyard may vary slightly from lot to lot. We do not intermix lots, but we cannot guarantee that material from two separate orders from us will match exactly. • All of the Picture Rail Hooks that we supply will fit on our picture rail moulding. Other hooks from other sources may or may not. • Because of its length, picture rail moulding cannot be delivered through the Postal Service--it must be shipped via UPS only.
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